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As a Lafayette teenager in the early 1970s, visual artist Francis X. Pavy fell under the spell of pioneering New Orleans funk band the Meters. While still in high school, he saw multiple performances, ...

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Decades later, when commissioned to paint the Meters for the 2017 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival’s commemorative poster, Pavy channeled his high school fandom: He rendered the members of the ...